Read Morgan

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Read Morgan
Read Morgan in The Deputy (The Hard Decision).jpg
Morgan in The Deputy, 1961
Born
Read Lawrence Morgan

(1931-01-30)January 30, 1931
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 20, 2022(2022-04-20) (aged 91)
Alma mater University of Kentucky
Northwestern University
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1949–1994
Spouse
Elizabeth Oleyar
​
(m. 1963)​
[1]

Read Lawrence Morgan (January 30, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American film and television actor. [2] He was perhaps best known for playing Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American western television series The Deputy . [3]

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Life and career

Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He attended the University of Kentucky, [4] where he played basketball and football. [1] After two years there, he left to study drama at Northwestern University, then served in the United States Air Force for two years. [3]

Morgan began his acting career in the crime drama television series The Big Story in 1949. Later he joined the cast of the western television series The Deputy , [3] playing army officer Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, who was blind in one eye and wore an eye patch. [1] Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play Li'l Abner . [3]

Morgan guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke , [5] Wagon Train , [3] The United States Steel Hour , [1] M Squad , [3] How the West Was Won , [5] Laramie , [3] The Outsider , [5] The Twilight Zone (episode "What You Need"), [6] State Trooper , [3] and Paradise . [1] He also appeared in films such as Back to the Future , Just Between Friends , The Beach Girls and the Monster , Dillinger , Lightning, the White Stallion , and The New Centurions . He retired in 1994; his last credit was in the film Maverick . [2]

Death

Morgan died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 91. [7] [8]

Selected filmography

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  6. ↑ Parisi, Nicholas (October 24, 2018). Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination. University Press of Mississippi. p. 211. ISBN   9781496819451 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "In Memoriam, Summer 2022". SAG-AFTRA . p. 62. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Read Morgan". Big Blue History. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
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